Counties in Virginia

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Updated November 1, 2026 · Data: U.S. Census Bureau

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Virginia has 133 county-level areas (95 counties, 38 independent cities), home to about 8,657,499 people. Sort the table by any column, or search by name or seat.

County-level areas133Eastern time

Most peopleFairfax County1,144,474 residents, 13% of the state

Fewest peopleHighland County2,265 residents

Most crowdedAlexandria city10,523 people per sq mi

Largest by landPittsylvania County969.0 sq mi

Priciest homesFalls Church citymedian value $1,005,400

Virginia county-level area map

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Map of all 133 county-level areas in Virginia. Hover or tap a county for its facts; select it to find it in the table. Sources: Census TIGER/Line 2024, ACS 2019-2023 5-year, timezone-boundary-builder.

County-level area explorer: all 133 county-level areas in Virginia

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County-level area	Seat	Population	Land sq mi	People / sq mi	Median home	Time zone	FIPS
Fairfax	Fairfax	1,144,474	391.0	2,927	$699,700	Eastern	51059
Prince William	Manassas	484,625	335.3	1,445	$500,600	Eastern	51153
Virginia Beach city	-	457,066	244.7	1,868	$366,300	Eastern	51810
Loudoun	Leesburg	427,082	515.7	828	$701,000	Eastern	51107
Chesterfield	Chesterfield Court House	371,610	423.5	877	$336,700	Eastern	51041
Henrico	-	334,434	233.7	1,431	$333,600	Eastern	51087
Chesapeake city	-	251,153	338.5	742	$359,100	Eastern	51550
Arlington	-	235,463	26.0	9,056	$864,800	Eastern	51013
Norfolk city	-	235,037	53.3	4,410	$271,900	Eastern	51710
Richmond city	-	227,595	59.9	3,800	$328,100	Eastern	51760
Newport News city	-	184,774	69.0	2,678	$243,300	Eastern	51700
Stafford	Stafford	160,520	268.5	598	$458,800	Eastern	51179
Alexandria city	-	156,788	14.9	10,523	$696,800	Eastern	51510
Spotsylvania	Spotsylvania Courthouse	143,876	402.0	358	$375,000	Eastern	51177
Hampton city	-	137,334	51.5	2,667	$234,100	Eastern	51650
Albemarle	Charlottesville	113,683	720.5	158	$471,000	Eastern	51003
Hanover	Hanover Courthouse	111,652	467.6	239	$372,700	Eastern	51085
Montgomery	Christiansburg	99,159	386.8	256	$283,600	Eastern	51121
Roanoke city	-	98,677	42.5	2,322	$180,500	Eastern	51770
Portsmouth city	-	97,299	33.3	2,922	$229,400	Eastern	51740
Roanoke	Salem	96,793	250.5	386	$267,300	Eastern	51161
Suffolk city	-	96,638	399.2	242	$329,600	Eastern	51800
Frederick	Winchester	93,355	413.1	226	$355,000	Eastern	51069
Rockingham	Harrisonburg	84,739	849.8	100	$287,900	Eastern	51165
Bedford	Bedford	80,254	760.1	106	$276,600	Eastern	51019
James City	Williamsburg	80,046	142.3	563	$419,200	Eastern	51095
Lynchburg city	-	79,255	48.9	1,621	$211,800	Eastern	51680
Augusta	Staunton	77,713	967.1	80	$281,400	Eastern	51015
Fauquier	Warrenton	73,935	648.0	114	$543,700	Eastern	51061
York	Yorktown	70,590	104.7	674	$411,200	Eastern	51199
Pittsylvania	Chatham	60,148	969.0	62	$153,000	Eastern	51143
Campbell	Rustburg	55,398	503.3	110	$199,200	Eastern	51031
Franklin	Rocky Mount	54,958	690.6	80	$222,800	Eastern	51067
Washington	Abingdon	53,913	561.2	96	$201,800	Eastern	51191
Culpeper	Culpeper	53,563	379.2	141	$386,400	Eastern	51047
Harrisonburg city	-	51,492	17.3	2,976	$278,200	Eastern	51660
Henry	Martinsville	50,365	382.4	132	$120,300	Eastern	51089
Charlottesville city	-	45,863	10.2	4,496	$448,400	Eastern	51540
Shenandoah	Woodstock	44,630	508.1	88	$265,800	Eastern	51171
Prince George	Prince George	42,873	265.3	162	$268,300	Eastern	51149
Manassas city	-	42,674	9.8	4,354	$434,700	Eastern	51683
Danville city	-	42,239	42.8	987	$110,200	Eastern	51590
Warren	Front Royal	41,104	214.6	192	$315,800	Eastern	51187
Tazewell	Tazewell	39,933	518.8	77	$116,100	Eastern	51185
Isle of Wight	Isle of Wight	39,444	315.7	125	$333,600	Eastern	51093
Gloucester	Gloucester Courthouse	39,228	217.8	180	$289,200	Eastern	51073
Louisa	Louisa	39,012	495.0	79	$275,600	Eastern	51109
Orange	Orange	37,208	340.5	109	$337,300	Eastern	51137
Wise	Wise	35,727	403.4	89	$116,500	Eastern	51195
Botetourt	Fincastle	33,875	541.3	63	$268,900	Eastern	51023
Halifax	Halifax	33,811	817.7	41	$148,900	Eastern	51083
Pulaski	Pulaski	33,771	319.8	106	$182,500	Eastern	51155
Petersburg city	-	33,365	22.7	1,470	$157,900	Eastern	51730
Accomack	Accomac	33,326	449.3	74	$193,100	Eastern	51001
Caroline	Bowling Green	31,541	527.4	60	$283,100	Eastern	51033
Amherst	Amherst	31,385	474.0	66	$197,200	Eastern	51009
Powhatan	Powhatan	31,074	260.2	119	$381,300	Eastern	51145
Mecklenburg	Boydton	30,431	625.3	49	$169,400	Eastern	51117
Smyth	Marion	29,585	451.4	66	$125,800	Eastern	51173
Carroll	Hillsville	29,158	474.7	61	$144,200	Eastern	51035
Fredericksburg city	-	28,383	10.5	2,703	$461,500	Eastern	51630
Wythe	Wytheville	28,219	462.0	61	$172,100	Eastern	51197
Dinwiddie	Dinwiddie	28,083	503.8	56	$246,100	Eastern	51053
Winchester city	-	27,981	9.2	3,041	$325,900	Eastern	51840
Fluvanna	Palmyra	27,764	287.1	97	$281,700	Eastern	51065
King George	King George	27,468	179.6	153	$395,900	Eastern	51099
Staunton city	-	25,765	19.9	1,295	$239,300	Eastern	51790
Russell	Lebanon	25,635	473.5	54	$119,600	Eastern	51167
Goochland	Goochland	25,613	282.1	91	$483,700	Eastern	51075
Salem city	-	25,477	14.5	1,757	$244,800	Eastern	51775
Fairfax city	-	24,478	6.2	3,948	$677,400	Eastern	51600
New Kent	New Kent	24,139	210.0	115	$371,500	Eastern	51127
Page	Luray	23,750	310.0	77	$221,800	Eastern	51139
Hopewell city	-	22,944	10.4	2,206	$165,100	Eastern	51670
Rockbridge	Lexington	22,578	596.5	38	$238,700	Eastern	51163
Waynesboro city	-	22,574	15.0	1,505	$236,600	Eastern	51820
Lee	Jonesville	22,042	435.4	51	$98,700	Eastern	51105
Prince Edward	Farmville	21,932	349.9	63	$203,700	Eastern	51147
Scott	Gate City	21,504	535.8	40	$122,300	Eastern	51169
Greene	Stanardsville	20,850	155.9	134	$315,300	Eastern	51079
Buchanan	Grundy	19,857	502.9	39	$91,400	Eastern	51027
Westmoreland	Montross	18,683	229.3	81	$244,000	Eastern	51193
King William	King William	18,232	273.9	67	$276,500	Eastern	51101
Colonial Heights city	-	18,210	7.5	2,428	$231,700	Eastern	51570
Southampton	Courtland	17,988	599.2	30	$208,800	Eastern	51175
Patrick	Stuart	17,606	483.0	36	$146,500	Eastern	51141
Bristol city	-	17,024	12.9	1,320	$168,700	Eastern	51520
Manassas Park city	-	16,923	3.0	5,641	$381,200	Eastern	51685
Buckingham	Buckingham	16,914	579.6	29	$167,800	Eastern	51029
Giles	Pearisburg	16,610	357.2	47	$143,500	Eastern	51071
Radford city	-	16,505	9.7	1,702	$211,700	Eastern	51750
Appomattox	Appomattox	16,424	334.2	49	$189,200	Eastern	51011
Brunswick	Lawrenceville	15,868	566.4	28	$132,700	Eastern	51025
Nottoway	Nottoway	15,597	314.4	50	$179,800	Eastern	51135
Williamsburg city	-	15,564	8.9	1,749	$393,200	Eastern	51830
Floyd	Floyd	15,560	380.9	41	$215,500	Eastern	51063
Grayson	Independence	15,323	441.8	35	$132,300	Eastern	51077
Clarke	Berryville	15,060	176.0	86	$538,900	Eastern	51043
Alleghany	Covington	14,962	446.6	34	$122,300	Eastern	51005
Nelson	Lovingston	14,777	470.7	31	$283,000	Eastern	51125
Falls Church city	-	14,593	2.0	7,296	$1,005,400	Eastern	51610
Madison	Madison	13,931	320.6	43	$331,400	Eastern	51113
Dickenson	Clintwood	13,920	330.4	42	$101,100	Eastern	51051
Martinsville city	-	13,584	11.0	1,235	$92,500	Eastern	51690
Amelia	Amelia Court House	13,342	355.4	38	$239,700	Eastern	51007
Poquoson city	-	12,556	15.4	815	$403,000	Eastern	51735
Northampton	Eastville	12,115	211.7	57	$279,100	Eastern	51131
Northumberland	Heathsville	12,085	191.4	63	$333,100	Eastern	51133
Lunenburg	Lunenburg	11,990	431.7	28	$145,500	Eastern	51111
Charlotte	Charlotte Court House	11,475	475.3	24	$144,000	Eastern	51037
Greensville	Emporia	11,304	295.4	38	$159,200	Eastern	51081
Lancaster	Lancaster	10,876	133.3	82	$307,600	Eastern	51103
Sussex	Sussex	10,793	490.2	22	$178,500	Eastern	51183
Middlesex	Saluda	10,774	130.3	83	$299,800	Eastern	51119
Essex	Tappahannock	10,604	257.4	41	$228,600	Eastern	51057
Cumberland	Cumberland	9,745	297.5	33	$220,100	Eastern	51049
Richmond	Warsaw	9,047	191.5	47	$214,200	Eastern	51159
Mathews	Mathews	8,517	85.9	99	$348,800	Eastern	51115
Franklin city	-	8,212	8.3	989	$227,200	Eastern	51620
Lexington city	-	7,420	2.5	2,968	$275,300	Eastern	51678
Rappahannock	Washington	7,409	266.4	28	$490,200	Eastern	51157
Galax city	-	6,698	8.2	817	$126,800	Eastern	51640
Charles City	Charles City	6,686	182.9	37	$224,100	Eastern	51036
King and Queen	King and Queen Court House	6,676	315.1	21	$240,900	Eastern	51097
Buena Vista city	-	6,612	6.4	1,033	$153,500	Eastern	51530
Surry	Surry	6,552	278.9	23	$235,200	Eastern	51181
Bland	Bland	6,211	357.6	17	$157,100	Eastern	51021
Covington city	-	5,671	5.5	1,031	$80,200	Eastern	51580
Emporia city	-	5,633	6.6	853	$131,100	Eastern	51595
Craig	New Castle	4,881	328.1	15	$210,500	Eastern	51045
Bath	Warm Springs	4,123	529.2	8	$206,000	Eastern	51017
Norton city	-	3,620	7.5	483	$100,700	Eastern	51720
Highland	Monterey	2,265	415.2	5	$195,700	Eastern	51091

Which Virginia cities are in more than one county-level area?

Hollins: Roanoke County 99.8%, Botetourt County 0.2% of residents
Farmville: Prince Edward County 91.6%, Cumberland County 8.4% of residents
Quantico Base: Prince William County 95.3%, Stafford County 4.7% of residents
Saltville: Smyth County 92.6%, Washington County 7.4% of residents
Raven: Tazewell County 88.8%, Russell County 11.2% of residents
Concord: Campbell County 75.9%, Appomattox County 24.1% of residents
Kilmarnock: Lancaster County 98.0%, Northumberland County 2.0% of residents
St. Paul: Wise County 68.3%, Russell County 31.7% of residents

Virginia's 38 independent cities

An independent city is not part of any county; the Census Bureau treats it as a county equivalent (what is a county?).

Alexandria city
Bristol city
Buena Vista city
Charlottesville city
Chesapeake city
Colonial Heights city
Covington city
Danville city
Emporia city
Fairfax city
Falls Church city
Franklin city
Fredericksburg city
Galax city
Hampton city
Harrisonburg city
Hopewell city
Lexington city
Lynchburg city
Manassas city
Manassas Park city
Martinsville city
Newport News city
Norfolk city
Norton city
Petersburg city
Poquoson city
Portsmouth city
Radford city
Richmond city
Roanoke city
Salem city
Staunton city
Suffolk city
Virginia Beach city
Waynesboro city
Williamsburg city
Winchester city

Sources: Census TIGER/Line 2024; ACS 2019-2023 5-year; Wikidata, CC0 (seats); timezone-boundary-builder (time zones). Data as of November 1, 2026. Not affiliated with any government agency.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many county-level areas are in Virginia?

133 (95 counties, 38 independent cities).

What is the most populated county-level area in Virginia?

Fairfax County, with about 1,144,474 people (13% of the state).

What is the least populated county-level area in Virginia?

Highland County, with about 2,265 people.

What is the largest county-level area in Virginia by land?

Pittsylvania County, 969.0 sq mi of land.

What county-level area am I in, in Virginia?

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